Miley Cyrus Confirms Rumour: Girls Want Heroes!
LOL, I'm sorry, I can't help it. I'm reacting to this rumour that Miley Cyrus is lobbying for the part of Batgirl.
Do I want Miley Cyrus to play Batgirl? Er...not really. (Although I do say that with never having seen her act in anything.) I would dearly love to see Barbara Gordon as a character in the sequel to Dark Knight, but I'm not sure I can picture Miley Cyrus filling those shoes. (Heh, I have to wonder how she'd play Cass Cain, though.)
That being said, Miley Cyrus campaigning to play the role of Batgirl proves a point of mine. That women and girls want to be the active participants in (super)heroic stories, not just the damsel in distress, not just the dead mother or ex-girlfriend who gives the hero some angsty motivation to press on in his battle.
If the young actress has been watching Dark Knight and thinking to herself, "I want in, I want to be a part of that story," then as bizarre as a comparison between her and Barbara Gordon may be, that's actually part of what the original Batgirl is all about. She sees the good work that Commissioner Gordon and Batman are doing, and she's inspired to take action on her own. She wants to to be in the story, not the sidelines.
So hey, good for Miley Cyrus. I doubt her wish will become a reality, but at least someone is telling The Powers That Be that there needs to be a female hero in the Batman movies.
After all there are a lot of them to choose from: Barbara Gordon (Batgirl, Oracle), Dr Leslie Thompkins, Selina Kyle (Catwoman), Helena Bertinelli (Huntress), Cassandra Cain (Batgirl II), Stephanie Brown (Spoiler), Onyx, Renee Montoya Anna Ramirez (well, they could redeem the character), Sarah Essen (I'm willing to bet that Commissioner Gordon will be divorced by the next movie), Maggie Sawyer, Jamie Harper, and other GCPD cops I'm sure I'm forgetting. Heck, as someone suggested on noscans_daily you could have Kate Spencer campaigning to be DA.
So many possibilities, and given that the "Nolanverse" is its own entity, it doesn't necessarily have to follow traditional timelines. You could have some of those younger characters show up and help, even as civilians. I'd even be happy with a simple cameo, truth be told, so long as it did not end with the woman in question dying, crying or otherwise being unproductive in her own right.
Do I want Miley Cyrus to play Batgirl? Er...not really. (Although I do say that with never having seen her act in anything.) I would dearly love to see Barbara Gordon as a character in the sequel to Dark Knight, but I'm not sure I can picture Miley Cyrus filling those shoes. (Heh, I have to wonder how she'd play Cass Cain, though.)
That being said, Miley Cyrus campaigning to play the role of Batgirl proves a point of mine. That women and girls want to be the active participants in (super)heroic stories, not just the damsel in distress, not just the dead mother or ex-girlfriend who gives the hero some angsty motivation to press on in his battle.
If the young actress has been watching Dark Knight and thinking to herself, "I want in, I want to be a part of that story," then as bizarre as a comparison between her and Barbara Gordon may be, that's actually part of what the original Batgirl is all about. She sees the good work that Commissioner Gordon and Batman are doing, and she's inspired to take action on her own. She wants to to be in the story, not the sidelines.
So hey, good for Miley Cyrus. I doubt her wish will become a reality, but at least someone is telling The Powers That Be that there needs to be a female hero in the Batman movies.
After all there are a lot of them to choose from: Barbara Gordon (Batgirl, Oracle), Dr Leslie Thompkins, Selina Kyle (Catwoman), Helena Bertinelli (Huntress), Cassandra Cain (Batgirl II), Stephanie Brown (Spoiler), Onyx, Renee Montoya Anna Ramirez (well, they could redeem the character), Sarah Essen (I'm willing to bet that Commissioner Gordon will be divorced by the next movie), Maggie Sawyer, Jamie Harper, and other GCPD cops I'm sure I'm forgetting. Heck, as someone suggested on noscans_daily you could have Kate Spencer campaigning to be DA.
So many possibilities, and given that the "Nolanverse" is its own entity, it doesn't necessarily have to follow traditional timelines. You could have some of those younger characters show up and help, even as civilians. I'd even be happy with a simple cameo, truth be told, so long as it did not end with the woman in question dying, crying or otherwise being unproductive in her own right.